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List:       hypermail
Subject:    Re: [hypermail] make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.
From:       "Rev. Bob 'Bob' Crispen" <crispen () hiwaay ! net>
Date:       2002-05-25 8:05:31
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The kindly Rev. overheard simon hilton <simon.hilton@Sun.COM> saying 
on 23 May 2002:

> hi i tried installing hypermail and i get this message.
> 
> this means there is something wrong with the software right?

I ran into something similar just last night compiling the version 
from CVS on Cygwin.  But the message I got was "install up to date" 
and an immediate return.  Taking the '@'s off the "cd" lines below 
"install:" confirmed that it did nothing.  I did what the makefile 
should have done (did a cd to the three subdirectories and did "make 
install" in each of them) and all of them worked correctly.

Since it worked, sort of, and since I'm no makefile maven, I didn't 
investigate it further, but while I was fooling with it, I noticed 
that there were some extra spaces in the (generated) top level 
Makefile.  Perhaps the problem lies there?  Or perhaps I've got an 
"install" somewhere in my $PATH?

Anyhow, try what I did, and I suspect that will get you going.
-- 
Rev. Bob "Bob" Crispen
crispen at hiwaay dot net

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